{{short description|Scottish footballer (born 1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Use British English|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Doug Considine | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|5|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | height = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | years1 = 1978–1981 | clubs1 = Aberdeen | caps1 = 32 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1981–1983 | clubs2 = Dunfermline Athletic | caps2 = 52 | goals2 = 5 | totalcaps = 84 | totalgoals = 5 }}
'''Doug Considine''' (born 15 May 1957) is a Scottish former footballer. As a squad player he was a Scottish League winner at Aberdeen in 1980. A year later in 1981, he moved to Dunfermline Athletic in pursuit of first team football. Two seasons later, he retired as a footballer aged 26.
==Playing career==
Doug Considine was born in Edinburgh in 1957. He joined Aberdeen from Highland League club Huntly in 1978 and spent three seasons at Pittodrie, where he was part of the team which won the Scottish Premier Division in 1980, playing fifteen times in the league that season.
He left Aberdeen in 1981 to join Dunfermline, where he remained until 1983, when he retired aged 26.<ref name="Davie">{{cite news |last1=Davie |first1=Scott |title=Andrew Considine's Aberdeen family fortunes |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/andrew-considines-aberdeen-family-fortunes-1516530 |access-date=22 January 2023 |work=The Scotsman |date=4 January 2015}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Aberdeen A''' * Scottish 2nd XI Cup: 1977–78<ref>{{cite web | url = https://afcheritage.org/matches/match-report?id=6812 |title = Rangers 0 - 1 Aberdeen: Scottish Second XI Cup Final Second Leg | website = AFC Heritage |access-date = 30 May 2023 }}</ref> * SFL Reserve Cup: 1978–79<ref>{{cite web | url = https://afcheritage.org/matches/match-report?id=9677 |title = Clydebank 1 - 1 Aberdeen: Scottish Reserve League Cup Final Second Leg | website = AFC Heritage |access-date = 30 May 2023 }}</ref>
'''Aberdeen''' * Scottish Premier Division 1979–80 * Drybrough Cup: 1980<ref>{{cite web | url = https://afcheritage.org/matches/match-report?id=5270 | title = Aberdeen 0 - 0 St. Mirren: Drybrough Cup Final | website = AFC Heritage |access-date = 30 May 2023 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Considine's son Andrew Considine<ref name="Davie" /> is also a former professional footballer. His brother Iain Considine is a cofounder of the law firm Aberdein Considine.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Askel |first1=Erikka |title=Aberdein Considine co-founder gives up leadership role |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/local/388971/aberdein-considine-co-founder-retires/ |access-date=22 January 2023 |work=Press and Journal |date=3 November 2014}}</ref>
Considine ran a dry cleaning business in Banchory following his retirement from football.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murden |first1=Terry |title=Former Dons star sells business unit to laundry firm Fishers |url=https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2019/07/former-dons-star-sells-business-unit-to-laundry-firm-fishers/ |access-date=22 January 2023 |work=Daily Business |date=22 July 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NeilBrownPlayers|player1/dougconsidine}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Considine, Doug}} Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Edinburgh Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Aberdeen F.C. players Category:Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Huntly F.C. players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen